The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, there’s a gentle breeze and your family has no plans…pack up and go on a family picnic! Picnics are a great way to enjoy the outdoors with your family, and they don’t need to be planned out. In fact, it’s easy to have a last-minute adventure with your family—all you need is…
Parents play the most important role in the overall development of their child. It is the right guidance of parents that develops the character of the child. Parenting is an ongoing job. It is not something you can get away from once the time comes, because children need their parents from time to time, to stay on the right track. The role…
On March 13, 2022, we move our clocks forward one hour, which means losing one hour of sleep. This adjustment can be difficult for kids’ sleep schedules. We are sharing some tips to help ease the transition. Go slowly. Consider adjusting your child’s schedule gradually, starting a few days before the day of the change. Move your child’s bedtime 15 to…
March 8th is International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate women and their strengths and achievements. The day is also focused on breaking down barriers that continue to exist. The strong, vibrant women of tomorrow are girls today and it’s never too early in a child’s development to think about our own biases (and how to overcome them) and…
It’s been a long and tumultuous two years for us all as we navigated the ins and outs of the pandemic. Our roles as parents expanded greatly to include teacher, coach, playmate and referee with each lockdown and school and extracurricular closure. The strain on parents has been real! With some light at the end of the tunnel and school,…
As children attend childcare and go to school, they’ll get to know peers with a wide variety of abilities, cultures, languages, and backgrounds. It’s totally natural for them to notice similarities and differences and express curiosity, and it’s up to the grownups in their lives to not only model acceptance of diversity, but to frame it as a strength. Here…
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is on September 30th. It is a day that Canadians are to honour the survivors of residential schools and reflect as a Nation on our history. For many Canadians, we have been taught a limited amount about the indigenous culture and experience and educating ourselves is an important first step towards reconciliation. The…
The other day I was literally ‘spinning’, my mind (and heart) racing, in and out of my home office, doing laundry between zoom calls, ensuring my school agers were logged into their online classrooms, thinking about what to make for dinner and if I need to zip out to the grocery store or not, while also thinking about what to…